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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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